Victims of terrorism struggle to have their voices heard, needs supported and upheld. They report feeling forgotten and neglected once the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack fades. Recovery and being able to cope with their trauma requires long-term multi-dimensional support, including physical, psychological, social and financial. Pillars I and IV of the UN Global […]
An enforced (or forced) disappearance is when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organisation, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of depriving them of all rights, including the right to: recognition as a person before the law; liberty and security of […]
At 11.00AM of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of each year, a minute's silence is observed in Australia and some other Commonwealth countries to commemorate the 1918 silence on the Western Front after more than four years of continuous warfare in World War I. The Day marks the unconditional surrender by the Germans […]